“I’m from the country of wonders, because I wonder where my democracy is?”
In this article, I would like to explain why I attended the Summit of the Americas, what I learned, and what my experience might mean for Hemispheric cooperation.
IX Summit of the Americas: Creative Diplomacy for a Fractured World
The IX Summit of the Americas shows the way forward for conducting a resilient diplomacy in a divided world.
The Summit of the Americas Commences
Why did Cuba insist on attending the Summit of the Americas?
Since Fidel Castro stepped down, Cuba experienced some political reforms that potentially explain why Cuba has more interest in cooperating than in previous summit years.
The Summit of the Americas, the Caribbean, and the Promotion of the Orange Economy
There are a surprising number of feasible items that Summit leaders can push, especially in considering the importance of the creative and orange economies.
Nonalignment and the Summit of the Americas: A Global Americans Review of El no alineamiento activo
To understand why so many countries will be absent from the Summit of the Americas, Latin America observers would do well to read El no alineamiento activo y America Latina.
Blue Bonds in Ecuador: An Innovative Approach to Conservation
Helping Ecuador negotiate a debt-for-nature swap and building environment-centered trade ties should be two of the United States’ many novel approaches ahead of the Summit of the Americas.
U.S. Policy in Latin America—Time for a New American Realism
By helping [the hemisphere’s] democracies to deliver, the United States can prevent populist regimes from emerging, and thereby close down space for malign external actors to meddle and reinforce authoritarian tendencies.
Cuban Foreign Minister Rodríguez Denounces the United States
Last Monday, during a press conference in Havana, Cuban Foreign Minister Bruno Rodríguez denounced the United States for excluding Cuba from the preparations for the XI Summit of the Americas.
An Autocrat’s Worst Nightmare? Ramping up Climate Diplomacy in the Western Hemisphere
The autocrat’s worst nightmare is not only a united and unified Europe, but also an American continent that possesses the resources and resolve to push for a common approach to today’s global energy challenges.